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Data table for Chart 5 Use of firearms generally increasing since 2002

Year Handguns Rifles or shotguns1 Total Firearms
rate
1979 0.22 0.56 0.86
1980 0.25 0.49 0.80
1981 0.24 0.50 0.80
1982 0.35 0.58 0.99
1983 0.31 0.50 0.88
1984 0.26 0.55 0.89
1985 0.28 0.51 0.86
1986 0.15 0.44 0.67
1987 0.22 0.41 0.76
1988 0.18 0.35 0.63
1989 0.20 0.48 0.80
1990 0.25 0.36 0.71
1991 0.48 0.37 0.97
1992 0.45 0.32 0.87
1993 0.32 0.26 0.68
1994 0.31 0.23 0.68
1995 0.32 0.22 0.60
1996 0.36 0.27 0.72
1997 0.33 0.26 0.65
1998 0.23 0.17 0.50
1999 0.29 0.19 0.54
2000 0.35 0.19 0.60
2001 0.35 0.15 0.55
2002 0.31 0.13 0.48
2003 0.35 0.10 0.51
2004 0.35 0.12 0.54
2005 0.40 0.18 0.69
2006 0.34 0.11 0.58
2007 0.38 0.10 0.57
2008 0.36 0.10 0.60
1. Excludes sawed-off rifles or shotguns.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.